Owner regrets pit bull attacks that hurt 6

Scott Sword said he regrets that his three pit bulls savagely mauled two 10-year-old children and four adults last month in an attack that critically injured one of the young victims.

"I feel very bad," said Sword, who was among those bitten and had his right hand bandaged and braced.

His brief comments came Friday after he pleaded not guilty to drug charges in McHenry County Circuit Court.

Declining further comment, he told reporters, "You guys haven't been very good to me."

Police said they found more than 30 grams of marijuana in a search of Sword's home after the attacks.

Sword, 41, of the 6600 block of Hawthorne Drive near Cary, nearly lost his thumb in the Nov. 5 attack.

One of the children, Nick Foley, remained in good condition Friday in Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, according to a spokeswoman. Other victims were released in the days after the attack.

Police shot and killed the dogs in an incident that has spurred state lawmakers and McHenry County officials to begin talking about tougher laws regarding vicious dogs. A county task force examining the issue meets will meet again Monday.